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Electrochemical behavior of nitinol alloy in Ringer's solution

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Corrosion behavior of Nitinol (nickel titanium) alloy has been examined in physiological Ringer's solution by means of electrochemical techniques (open-circuit potential measurement, potentiodynamic and potentiostatic polarizations) and capacitance measurements. The results show that the passive film is stable at open-circuit condition, but many of anodic current transients are observed at potentiodynamic and potentiostatic polarizations. The thickness of passive film decreased because of the occurrence of dissolution.

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Sun, E.X., Fine, S. & Nowak, W.B. Electrochemical behavior of nitinol alloy in Ringer's solution. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 13, 959–964 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019812729884

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